| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 31-May-2013 Birmingham Town Hall | Purcell for the 21st century? Philip Pickett and the New London Consort perform King Arthur |
 A deep red hue lights the stage. It is St George’s day and King Arthur’s Britons are about to fight the invading Saxons. Centre stage, four soloists – Saxon priests – are gathered to perform sacred rites to ensure their victory. To the left of the stage a harpsichord plucks out a tune above a bass viol and theorbo, whilst to the right a spotlight falls on Merlin, who relates the story.
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| 12-Feb-2011 Sage: Hall One | No fairies but lots of magic |
| A career woman, a femme fatale, a shop girl, an actor, a teacher, an idler, a biker, a priest, a bank clerk and five circus acrobats. These are not the figures that come to mind when we think of Purcell’s Fairy Queen. In a bold move aimed at creating a coherent staged performance of Purcell’s series of pageants, conductor Philip Pickett, the New London Consort and director Mauricio García Lozano have severed the Fairy Queen’s tenuous links with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and created an entirely new and captivating story.
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